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2021-06-27 17:44:36 The joint Russian-Indian venture BrahMos Aerospace told Sputnik on Sunday that it plans to sign $1 billion worth of new contracts by the year-end, which will take the company's yearly total to $6 billion.

Most orders were placed by land forces – 40 percent, the spokesperson said. Navy and air forces accounted for 30 percent of the orders each. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 16:18:52 Yet another deadly bat-transmitted virus identified – now in India.

The highly-contagious Nipah virus (NiV), causing fatal brain inflammation or respiratory disease in humans, has been found in bat samples in India.

Researchers have been studying dozens of Leschenault's rousettes (a species of medium-sized fruit-eating bat) and common pipistrelles (a species of tiny insectivorous bat) caught in Mahabaleshwar, an Indian town south of Mumbai, in March 2020.

After collecting blood from the bats, as well as throat and rectal swab samples, the scientists found that some of the animals tested positive for both NiV RNA and anti NiV IgG antibodies.

The non-curable virus can be transmitted to people from animals, through contaminated fruit, or through person-to-person contact. Its fatality rate is estimated at 40-75 percent. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 14:03:39 CCTV visuals of the blast that occurred at a high security Indian Air Force facility in Jammu overnight Sunday. A military source in New Delhi told Sputnik that the blast was likely caused by improvised explosive devices dropped by drones, and now comes the footage of a drone found on spot. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 13:32:41 Sources said that aircraft and other equipment are safe, while two people received injuries in the blasts. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 13:18:19 Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh started his three-day visit to the northeastern region of Ladakh bordering China on Sunday.

"During my visit, I shall be interacting with the troops and attending the inaugural function of several infrastructure projects constructed by Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Looking forward to it", Singh said on Twitter.

This is the first minister's visit to the region since February when Chinese and Indian armed forces started to withdraw troops from their positions from disputed Pangong Lake. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 11:44:24 An Indian Air Force station in Jammu was hit by a drone strike on Sunday morning, sources there told Sputnik.

They said that the low-intensity blasts were likely caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) dropped by quadcopter drones.

No damage was reported as a result of the incident. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 11:24:26 India reports 50,040 new coronavirus infections. Open / Comment

2021-06-27 05:11:58 Catch up on our latest updates:

A single-day rise of 48,698 COVID-19 infections took India's case tally to 3,01,83,143.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the relevant authorities to take steps for the withdrawal of ration cards from all ineligible beneficiaries above the poverty line.

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on June 28 the Center's plea seeking review of the May 5 majority verdict which held that the 102nd Constitution amendment took away states' power to declare Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) for grant of quota in jobs and admissions.

Four civilians were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists on a joint patrol party of a Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) team at Barbar Shah in Srinagar. Open / Comment

2021-06-26 18:59:18 India has confirmed 48,698 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours Open / Comment

2021-06-26 15:28:16 India's top doctor Randeep Guleria: Mixing coronavirus vaccines could result in better immunity or more antibodies Open / Comment